Reality Series About Swingers Headed To TV

EXCLUSIVE: After exploring pot-dealing in suburbia in its dark comedy Weeds,Lionsgate Television is taking on another suburban taboo in a new reality series. Certain to create controversy, Bedroom Community revolves around a group of swingers — suburban couples who swap partners. Lionsgate shot a presentation for the project, which is now being shopped to cable networks. Bedroom Community is one of the first projects shepherded by reality producer Eli Frankel, who in March signed a two-year deal with Lionsgate. “The world of swingers is mythologized in American pop culture, but very few people outside of it have seen it,” Frankel said. And many would be surprised looking in, he said. “What we have seen on shows about swingers are primarily older hippies, fringe people who are a little bit dirty. What we found are elite groups of people in upscale communities who are good-looking and have money and access. That glossy version is much more interesting to watch.” The series was cast after an extensive casting process, Frankel said, adding that “it took awhile to convince people to trust us and to convince them that the show was not going to be exploitative but just document people who are fairly normal but chose to do live their relationships on the edge.” Focusing on family and inter-couple dynamics, Bedroom Community will chronicle the cast members’ lives in their living rooms, not in their bedrooms. “It is not a show about sex but about people and their relationships,” Frankel said. The swinging lifestyle was introduced to American suburbia in the 1960s, and was depicted in the praised but short-lived CBS drama series Swingtown, set in the 1970s.

298 Comments

gary • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Swingtown was in the 70s.

HansJurgen • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

We need to change the sign to read FOLLOWOOD. Who needs these “creative” morons who can’t come up with anything of substance or originality. All they can do is “sneer” in our face to try and get our attention. Well, it’s working and we’re giving you back the middle finger and hope you all go down the tubes and hit the unemployment line.

HansJurgen • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

That should have been FOLLYWOOD.

Shinobi Juan • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Actually Followood makes more sense!

rpolanco • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Can tv get any worse? oh yeah this new reality tv show about swingers will definitely go along way in that direction. Come on how tired do we have to become of these shows that have no intelligence about them. This is why a show like Deadliest catch is doing so great. its like the only show worth watching now a days. History channel your the best!!!

as a person who has worked on some of the same boats that are on that show, and worked in the bering for 3 years. that show is totally dramatized for tv and isn’t based in reality

Mike • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

…what a dumb article..this kind of crap (swinging) goes on all over the place..they ought to do a show about the results of swinging called ‘multiple divorce’ or ‘children with parents that shack up’ or ‘lawyers love swingers’….the reason shows like ‘Deadliest Catch’ are so fantastic is because they show the incredible risks the fishermen take and the toll it takes on their lives..maybe they should do the same when it comes to swingers…the Doctor that ‘swung’ with someone elses wife that was 20 years younger, got her pregnant, caught VD and is now being sued by his wife and his patients and having to pay alimony when he should be retiring..now that would be good television !

Anonymous • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

That’s not swinging, that’s called cheating!!! There is a differnce.

mcnertny • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

The author sounds like she was born in the 80s,,swingers were the rage in the 50s and before.By all means do not let this program be shown,,reality is the 50 percent who sneak around on the spouse,,right Newt? Never any people honest enough to share the fun.

Doug • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

This just may not be the right show for you but based on all the comments, the controversy alone will get it press and ratings.

Frenchie • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

well we are not being judgmental now are we … it’s TV, if you don’t like the subject matter don’t watch the TV LOL … who’s following who really?

Victor Erimita • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Isn’t it judgmental to call other people judgmental? I’m confused about the rules. If you don’t like people being judgmental, don’t read their comments. Oops. I hope that wasn’t too judgmental!

Dave • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Excellent comeback to the whole “judgemental” tripe we always hear from the smarter people.

Italian • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Nice. (Also a judgment, by the way.)

B • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

It wasn’t.

Valerie • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

that is what it said at the end.

BJColter • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Now you know why I DON’T HAVE A TV, gasp, gasp, cry.

But I wrote a great tune about this kinda 1984 trash.

NeedHim • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Wow, these People Need Jesus.

Rick • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Some of the comments here are spot on and have a place for discussion… there will never be true insight into Swinging until someone gives up the community, speaks out with a true and factual set of circumstances that covers every aspect of it. Life is very arbitrary and intertwines itself with various behaviors between adults. Swinging itself is a wide net that captures things we all do, but Swingers have laid claim to. For instance… if my wife an I go to dinner with a couple and we all agree to go home together just to hang out in the hot tub – “oh my I don’t have a bathing suit”… don’t worry we won’t look” – the next thing you know a couple drinks, a little coincidental rubbing, your a Swinger… funny s*#t happens when you least expect it, but if you do it once are you a Swinger?

My wife and I own a club for Swingers, we’ve seen the best and worst of them. The flow of business, the change in thought towards sex and the explosion of social media have had a profound affect on the club scene. The huge drug use needed to sustain the fantasy… and when you have a great night of fun, that too can be a drug. I tell them all the time that we don’t save their fantasy for their next return.

Can’t wait to see what level of reality it will truly be. Believe me, eight years in the business has made me one hell of a critic!

Judy • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Could swinging be a natural progression of a marriage…i.e The Next Step up !!!

Maximus Decimus Maridius • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

A more appropriate heading would be “Proposed Reality Series Gets Pitched to Networks”

Are we writing articles about pitches now? How exciting to read about producers going out
with sizzle reels for shows that we’ll never see. “Headed to TV?? Really? What’s next — articles
about actor auditions for pilots that didn’t get on the air?

Slow news day for sure.

PS — Playboy TV already has this show on the air. It’s called “Swing”. And it’s junk.

phail • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

The ‘casting’ process is convincing attention-starved weirdos who are obsessed with sit-ups to fake being whatever was described in the pitch. Nobody who would agree to be in this pathetic, parasitic, entertainment would be worth watching. Maybe Dr. Drew could stop by.

here hear maximus • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Well Maximus, you are the only person that got it! And you couldnt have said it better. This is a non-story. This just some pitch that jr reality exec is planning to pitch to the network… how does that become “heads for television”. I could list 100 pitches I’ve seen and heard more provocative… so what.

sol kesslarr • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

you down with O.P.P.?

Bunumachuckle • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Yeah, You know me!

Dave • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

More trash peddled to try to erode the moral fiber of society.

seventy8 • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

hahahahaha! You crack me up!

sd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Right, because our society has been oh-so-moral throughout it existence. Read some history before you go spouting off.

Bob Roberts • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.

Anonymous • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

…. you I won’t do what you tell me!

Doug • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Your mentality is what is wrong with our culture.

johnnyboy • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Exactly what history should we be reading? I would love to take you up on that offer. Could you provided a detailed list of books or articles that we can all review?

Apkallu Saiu • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

try the bible…Solomon had 700 wives and numerous concubines. ummm….that’s called Swinger Swagger!!

RogueJedi • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

There’s a difference here. While it’s true there’s “nothing new under the sun,” there was a time when such behavior was publically acknowledged as unacceptable. Discussions were relegated to whispers and bedrooms.

Now, it’s displayed as ‘normal’ and ‘typical’… when neither is true.

Jeff • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Amazing minimization and rationalization of sick behavior

“it took a while to convince people to trust us and to convince them that the show was not going to be exploitative but just document people who are fairly normal but chose to do live their relationships on the edge.”

I say sick behavior because these folks aren’t bad, but they are sick no matter how you slice it. Our culture is also sick with this, and there are certain “bad” people that will use this to prey on the sick involved in it. This is unreal but it’s not surprising as a country we continue down this rabbit hole.

for real? • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

They don’t live like you do, so they’re sick? Such ignorance and stupidity. Not everybody has to be Christian. You know that, right?

deano • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

who are you calling sick? if you support this kind of life style you are the sick one!!!!just goes to show us how america is decaying with this kind of people and by the way dont lash out at christians just because saten ownes your sole..where will you spend eternity when you die??? christians go to heaven ,unsaved go to hell thats in the bible pal.. so do your thing, your after life awaits you and dont laugh its only a matter of time…..

Sikotik • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

LOL.. yeah, “Saten” has a lovely pair of my pumps that I’ve been trying to get back for the longest! (“owns your sole… seriously??)

Missie • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Intresting read.. I was raised to believe that “Christians do not judge others” Acording to the bible….
Matthew 7:1-5
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Let people live their lives and stop the judging…

Valerie • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

it has nothing to do with being Christian or not! And it isn’t sick just because someone is doing something different from you. I happen to know quite a few swingers and they are moral upstanding citizens who attend church and have prominent jobs. They just do not limit their relationship to one person. It is a safe way for couples to add a little spice without worrying about whether they are going to get caught! I have even participated and I know that my hubby is coming home with me at the end of the evening and he knows that I am coming home with him. It has greatly enhanced our own love life. I will say though it is not for everyone. You have to be very confident in your relationship, it will not fix a broken relationship to add someone else to it but for those in a working marriage that are confident and happy with one another it can add an extra spark. Don’t criticize what you don’t understand.

Slitelyused • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Well said,,I was into swinging with my partner of 37 years,,,We wasnt trashy,,we held prominent jobs,,as a matter of fact,,I was CEO of a company. She was a securities analyst for a large motgage/Investment company. We had some great friends in the lifestyle like us that wasnt monogamous. We met dr’s and lawyers, a Firefighter and also a police detective. All with their wives,,just like us. We wnt to parties and clubs together,,we went home together. And it also gave way to some great conversations over B’fast the next morning as well. It reaffirmed our love for each other. So dont criticise iff you’ve never walked in our shoes.

Johnnyboy • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Well as long as you had a good job then I guess infidelity is ok.

Steve • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Yeah, and I’m Batman. I don’t think the person you described yourself as would bother being on this message board.

Cap • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

“…We wasnt trashy…”

“…We had some great friends in the lifestyle like us that wasnt monogamous…..”

and you were a CEO of a company?

Give me a break!

Are you serious? • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

From your comment I can clearly see you have an inability to understand English grammar; you also had numerous typos. I would hate for you to be the CEO of my company because it would likely go bankrupt in the matter of about 1 month.

Jay Crawford • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Actually, the casual attitudes towards intimacy which is the basis for “swinging” is what tends to lead to unstable relationships. Like it or not, sex and emotion are VERY closely intertwined and casual sex works against the deep emotional bonding which marriage has GENERALLY produced. This is most visible in the broken marriages and unstable families found amongst swingers. I saw this most readily amongst friends and acquaintances as I was growing up and subsequently as an adult.
Now before you dismiss this perspective out of your fear of religion, just be honest enough to observe the state of intimacy among your long-term married friends. Maybe one or two of them have a “marriage of convenience” where one or neither spouses honor the other as the focus of their love and remain married for image or economic purposes (think the Clintons). Or, perhaps, there is one such long-term marriage where the spouses suffer with each other “for the sake of the children[‘s stability]”. Those relationships are long-term marriages where swinging-like behavior might occur. However, those are not happy relationships.
By comparison, observe the long-term happiness amongst your long-married friends. In those relationships, sex is an integral component of intimacy and infidelity, whether (extremely rarely) mutually-countenanced by the parters or not, is basically non-existent. Simply put: There is a definite correlation between sexual fidelity and long-term stability and happiness in the overwhelming majority of marriages…and marriage-like long-term relationships.
And if family stability and partnership intimacy is one of our society’s generally-accepted values for healthy relationships, then swinging is, indeed, a sickness. All major religions believe this…probably because it’s logical and demonstrably true to an overwhelmingly probable degree. To deny this, one has to engage in ridiculously improbable sophistry.

Swinger • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

It’s not sick. It’s something couples can choose to do TOGETHER for fun. It’s not cheating. In fact, it’s among the most honest things couples can do together. Pressuring anyone to do it is bad, of course. But if it’s voluntary? No problem at all.

csbrewfisher • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

It’s a disease.

deano • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

no problem at all? god says thow shalt not commit adultry . its one of the ten commandments …go ahead every thing has its priceand we all pay for our sins nothing is hid..this is one of the reasons the roman empire collapsed . remember they were once the greatest nation on earth ..till god got tired of it.

sd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

How is it adultery if both agree to it? You have no right to enforce your idea of morality on others who don’t agree. If it’s consensual between adults, then you really have no argument. Sorry.

Johnnyboy • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Ahhh yes…”consent”, the cure-all for everything. As long as two people agree to engage in moral depravity, then everything is ok.

Kelly • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Actually God told Moses and we hope Moses got the message correctly. What is “not” was Moses’ idea after the fact?

Joe • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Herpes anyone? Crabs and lice to your left and strep throat to your right, and dont forget to try a helping of STD salad tonight! Its all fresh, voluntary, and no problem at all!

D • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Thanks, Valerie! Glad you got that out there. People just don’t understand how others can live the lifestyle of being in a committed and strong relationship with their spouse/significant other and yet share intimate times with others as well. It’s all in knowing where your heart is and who you’re going home with. There can also be great friendships and bonds developed, better than those with only regular friends can imagine! It’s not all about sex, it’s about like minded people that you can be yourself around.

It’s not for everyone and many try and fail because they get into it for the wrong reasons.

I hope some network picks this show up and it portrays swingers in their true light and not the hippy 70’s orgy style everyone envisions. It’s not that way, people.

Johnnyboy • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

How does sleeping with someone else make you more committed to your spouse?

And that line about “its not about sex, its about being around like-minded people” was hilarious! So i guess, if its not about sex, then they can just get together and talk about having sex…you know…for the camaraderie.

sam felts • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

its about trust johnnyboy and explaing it to someone with as limited intellgence as you would be akin to describing teh space shuttle to a caveman

me • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

it was great!!! a choice of super fine ladies…no cheating, no lying…everybody had fun…best of all, because of no lying, etc, we did all kinds of stuff, camping, softball, family picnics, football….

you could trust them with anything..it was your straight friends who were always having affairs, getting divored, etc.

you would be surprized how many famous people do it..I met tv people, politicians.

Biffdavenport • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Sounds like a tampon commercial.

You can go swimming, camping and horseback riding…

Donna DeSopo • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Well, you should NOT be married of you want to “swing”. It is sad that you have no respect for yourself and your vow. Your kind of behavior is in the DSM-IV, Therefore, you are sick. The show will tank anyway.

mthnrd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Specifically to which DSM-IV code are you referring?

RogueJedi • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Most wedding vows include phrases like; love, honor, cherish… and ‘foresaking all others.’

I don’t see how swinging honors that last phrase…

Dennis • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

They are sick because they do not live by your standards or what societal norms are. Get over yourself. Some people just want to live their life the way they see fit. Good for them, it would be nice that consenting adults would be left alone in their own bedrooms.

Eric • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Yes it would be nice to leave people alone in their own bedroom. But that isn’t why people are angry at this is it? They are creating a show that demonstrates a lifestyle that VERY few people can get away with. Most efforts of couples to engage in swinging will end up hurt and a marriage / family will suffer for it. For every one successful swinging couple there are dozens of broken marriages. If your life lacks purpose and you choose to find self respect in sleeping around with spousal consent, fine. Keep it in your bedroom.

JOPPO • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

YOU bore BORE US!

alex • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Disgusting…. I mean really they couldn’t find anything else??

mIKE • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

SWING LO SWEET CHARIOT GOD IS GOING TO GET U 4 THAT INFIDELITY.

Joe Doakes • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Why don’t we skip this and go straight to bestiality or even necrophelia?

heatherfeather • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

It will happen. Television is in decline since you can get what you want on the Web, without the ads.

sd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Are you serious?

Miriam • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

I’d watch this. Sounds like a really fun and escapist cable show. Better than most of the reality dreck out there!

Yen Watanabe • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Beggs,

I begg of you.. Not this drivel… Seriously… April fools was last month.

Good luck • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Good luck finding a buyer who thinks they can convince advertisers to buy into this format.

Sylvia • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

I love that these are “normal” people, not freaks. Makes it so much more interesting. Would love to get a peak behind that curtain!

Delilah • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

I recently found out my parents were swingers in the 1970s and they fit the well-off, good-looking type mentioned. I don’t mind saying that knowledge has given me the eebie-jeebies. I don’t care if they looked like fashion models, I picture mom and dad at key parties and just think, “EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.”

Jim • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

This is about dancing, right?

Jelena • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

thread winner!!!

gary • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

FTW

Cousin Eddie • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Vote for winner from me as well!

Jay Crawford • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Best line of the day!
As that swinging dude of the Sixties Austin Powers would say:
“YEAH, BABY!!!”

miles29 • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

This show sounds amazing!!! A truly interesting angle on the swingers lifestyle. I can’t wait to see this!

john • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Let the freak show begin. What next NAMBLA at home?

Will • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Slouching Towards Gomorrah

Jason Todd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

you’ll definitely get the Catholic Priest demographic with that one….

Rachel • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Everyone loves reality but just hates admitting it. If this is about the drama that comes with living in an open relationship, it could be really compelling and fascinating. I’m curious

Johnnyboy • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Reality is not synonymous with entertainment. Not everything, real or not, needs to be dwelled upon.

Jonny • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Such puritans out there! Who a married couple chooses to share their bed with does not define morality. All you negative commentors should re-read the biblical definition of spousal infidelity and not listen to what your preacher tell you it is. You will be surprised. The bible also says that the marriage bed in undefiled. What a married couple chooses to do in bed, and who they choose to do it with, is not sick, not immoral, not a sin, and only their business.

csbrewfisher • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Jonny,

Respectfully, you shouldn’t be trying to tell us what the bible says because you have no idea, and it’s quite obvious. The bible says that “the two shall become one”, and that is what is not to be defiled. This instruction is for believers in the Christian faith, therefore those who do not ascribe to that faith cannot be forced to adhere to it, although they would benefit if they did.

As a side note, this is exactly why there is opposition to gay marriage. The next “right” to be demanded will be for polygamous marriages, and frankly, it will be a long time before we go there.

John • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Uuuuuh, the bible also has a lot to say about guys with lots of wives. And it certainly doesn’t condemn the practice as adultery. So alternative arrangements are allowable. Get over it.

csbrewfisher • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Uuuuuh, John, although the Bible has something to say about that, it is NEVER good. There is always pain and hardship associated with it. Get over it.

mthnrd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Okay…although I am married, I should marry my brother’s wife since he passed away last year…that’s my biblical responsibility, correct?

Ok, so two couples become one. It doesn’t say two individuals. And if you’re going to “assume” it meant that, then every other not so specific line in the bible needs to be assumed to a precise meaning. Oh wait, you only do that for parts that meet your needs? Got it…. you hypocrite

Ttownlarry • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

“Congrats to all the swingers out there!!! We love you! You have made us popular again.” Yours Truly, Chlamydia,HIV,Crabs, Hepatitis,Syphilis,Thrush,Herpes,Genital Aarts, & Gonorrhea

mthnrd • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Sorry…sex makes you popular…not swinging.

Jm • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

LOL, swingers are the safest sex partners there are. All those things you list are more common in vanilla people than swingers. People with no clue are so funny, but that’s why the world owns them.

deano • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

jonny you obviously have never read the bible.i have so dont show me how stupid you are!!!!!!!!

simon • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

you missed the parts about “judge not” and “let he who is without sin throw the first stone” I see. Psychopath: One who does not have the ability to be empathetic, who has no internal morality other than self preservation (this is you, it’s why your moral compass requires that you be judged by god rather than your own conscience… you don’t have one).

Roberto • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

With this type trash show I’m beginning to think the Muslims are
onto something

exposure • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Radical Islam on to something? Like killing people for not believing what they do? No thanks, dude. If I had to choose between swinging and radical Islam, I’m hitting the sheets with my hot-looking neighbor and you can practice whatever faith you wish without fear of me trying to kill you…

simon • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

Kill the heathens? WOW.. we just went back to the morality of the 1600s? The most violent time in human history. So what you are saying is that because consenting adults, doing zero harm to ANYONE, in the privacy of their own bedroom, do something fun that your magical book of mythology says they shouldn’t do, your moral compass actually says “the suicide bombers are right, we need to start murdering people”… and to YOU that’s how Jesus would have reacted? You sir are actually a psychopath. That is unreal.

Ewww. I can’t see why you allow “regular folk” to comment here, Nikki. Only we Hollywood people should be allowed to express ourselves.

We have a nice little hermetically sealed idea chamber here in this town. Who would want to open it up to the thoughts of anybody who isn’t exactly like us?

After all, they just watch our shows. It’s not like we have to pay any attention to their opinion, right?

csbrewfisher • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

seventy8,

Please, that old saw? You’re cliche. It is obvious to anyone with eyes and a brain to understand that there only exists a moral minority. That minority has a right to, and does exert influence over our culture, just as all minorities do. That is what makes us a multicultural society. Grow up.

Mark C • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

“What we found are elite groups of people in upscale communities who are good-looking and have money and access”

In short, people who seemingly have everything and yet their lives are still so shallow and empty that they resort to this. Thanks anyway, I’ll pass.

Rye • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

ROTTEN SOCIETY

Really? • on May 26, 2011 12:10 pm

“What we have seen on shows about swingers are primarily older hippies, fringe people who are a little bit dirty. What we found are elite groups of people in upscale communities who are good-looking and have money and access”

The ‘casting’ process is convincing attention-starved weirdos who are obsessed with sit-ups to fake being whatever was described in the pitch. Nobody who would agree to be in this pathetic, parasitic, entertainment would be worth watching. Maybe Dr. Drew could stop by.